When you are thinking of adventure, luxury, and unique experiences, Antarctica is one of the top choices that can help you ...

This story is part of the National Geographic 33. A pioneer of big-mountain snowboarding, Jeremy Jones watched as helicopters made remote backcountry runs suddenly reachable, enabling access to ...

Deep in the heart of Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Selah Abong’o froze ... “It was just a really big forest elephant,” she laughed. “We don’t have dinosaurs here, although it’s easy ...

This article was created in partnership with the National Geographic Society. Oriente Region, Ecuador — Pushed forward by a chugging long-tail motor, an old dugout canoe carries us down the ...

Photograph by Jim And Jamie Dutcher/National Geographic Creative 1976: Chemical plant accident in Seveso, Italy Toxic vapors expose thousands of people to some of the highest dioxin levels ever ...

Created in 1974 by the UN, World Environment Day happens every June 5. Hosted by a different country each year—this year it’s China—the day seeks to raise public awareness of environmental ...

The Spanish crown eventually ceded it to the state, and it became a national monument in 1870 ... aware of its geographic isolation on the peninsula and the inevitability of its fall.

Tight hip flexors, especially a deep muscle called the psoas, can silently stress your spine. Here's why this muscle deserves more attention—and how to strengthen it. Lower back pain is often ...

In 2014, a Malaysian Airlines flight mysteriously disappeared. A barnacle-encrusted piece of the plane's wing is one of the most important clues that has been found. New science may be able to ...

The preeminent dive site in the Philippines is Tubbataha Reefs, a national park and UNESCO World Heritage site in the center of the Sulu Sea. Here I saw barrel sponges large enough for a person to ...

Relatives of the humble sea sponge have filtered Earth's waters for hundreds of millions of years or more, long before the first plants took to land. Their simplicity has led scientists to suggest ...

When Amelia Earhart stepped into the cockpit of her Lockheed Electra in June 1937, her sights were set on an accomplishment no woman had ever made—a female-piloted solo flight around the globe ...